Need It Now: Cause to Celebrate

It’s rare for artist Tom Sachs to agree to host an event at his Centre Street studio, even rarer for him to agree to make a limited-edition piece of art to benefit charity. For Sachs, the Endangered Species Coalition represents a worthy cause, not only for its mission, but also for its methodology. “I wanted to make a sculpture that would be a gift for the people who support this organization. This is a charity I believe in, especially because of how small and nimble they are—and they give all their profits to awareness.” The sculpture in question is one of two “necklaces” crafted from plastic animal figurines (here, havelinas and polar bear cubs, respectively). Both will be available at the evening benefit on Thursday, April 30th, or for those who don’t make it to the event, Sachs will have works for sale on his Web site, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to the ESC.

Tom Sachs necklaces, each a limited edition of twelve, with a suggested donation of $2,500 to the Endangered Species Coalition; tomsachs.org and stopextinction.org.